IF IT QUACKS, IT'S MALLARD FILLMORE.Wow, Daily News readers really went quackers over our Pick the Dilbert Replacement contest. And the winner by a landslide is (trumpet fanfare here) Mallard Fillmore Not to be confused with Millard Fillmore. Mallard Fillmore is a comic strip written and illustrated by Bruce Tinsley. The strip follows the exploits of its title character, a politically conservative anthropomorphic green-feathered duck who works as a reporter at . Yes, it's true. That odd duck ... and conservative television reporter ... created by editorial cartoonist An editorial cartoonist, also known as a political cartoonist, is an artist who draws cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary. The most common outlet for political cartoonists is the editorial page of the newspaper not the dedicated comic section, Bruce Tinsley Edward Bruce Tinsley (born 1958 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American cartoonist, best known for his conservative comic strip Mallard Fillmore. Bruce Tinsley attended Indiana University with a degree in government. beat the pants off Bliss, Bound & Gagged, Second Chances and Tommy, the other choices to replace Dilbert. (You remember Dilbert. He's cartoonland's Mr. Working Stiff who defected to News Lite last week, leaving us with white space to fill.) Since we're a by-the-people/for-the-people kinda place, we gave you the chance to express your opinion about his replacement. And you have spoken - by mail, fax, phone and online. Of the 2,678 total votes, Mallard Fillmore got 1,614; Bound & Gagged received 699; Bliss had 163; Second Chances got 131; and poor ol' Tommy got a measly measly said of beef, pork and mutton because infected meat has a speckled appearance thought to resemble measles (1) in humans. See also cysticercus. 71. (We told you it was a landslide.) Anyway, he's here (Mallard mallard: see duck. mallard Abundant “wild duck” (Anas platyrhynchos, family Anatidae) of the Northern Hemisphere, ancestor of most domestic ducks. The mallard is a typical dabbling duck in its general habits and courtship display. , we mean). He's hot. He's happening. He's, as his creator says, for ``the average person out there - the forgotten American taxpayer who's sick and tired of a liberal media and cultural establishment that acts like he or she doesn't exist.'' Yeah, that's what we would have said, too. |
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